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<blockquote data-quote="kris" data-source="post: 19227" data-attributes="member: 74"><p><span style="color: #660000">playing with-pencils, tearing up paper is not necessarily a sign he's not paying attention. most adhd folks are good at multitasking. when jarrod was tested for adhd he was tapping a pencil, humming a tune & still answered a complicated math question just before the dev pediatrician was done asking. the doctor was amazed. he still can't do just one thing at a time. </p><p></p><p>those activities, while annoying for the teacher i'm sure, may actually be facilitating his concentration. how is he doing with-his classwork? is he getting it??? doing as well as he can be expected??? not taking an inordinate amount of time to finish?</p><p></p><p>kris </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kris, post: 19227, member: 74"] <span style="color: #660000">playing with-pencils, tearing up paper is not necessarily a sign he's not paying attention. most adhd folks are good at multitasking. when jarrod was tested for adhd he was tapping a pencil, humming a tune & still answered a complicated math question just before the dev pediatrician was done asking. the doctor was amazed. he still can't do just one thing at a time. those activities, while annoying for the teacher i'm sure, may actually be facilitating his concentration. how is he doing with-his classwork? is he getting it??? doing as well as he can be expected??? not taking an inordinate amount of time to finish? kris </span> [/QUOTE]
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